Card winner today ...

Hi Everybody,

We are getting very lazy on Saturday mornings in my house as we lie in till about 8 ish and then laze around with breakfast and TV before getting into the spirit of doing something.

But that is the benefits of being retired and not having to get ready to go out to work on any day of the week.  So to all you newly retired people and those who have been retired for some time .... Count your blessings and enjoy your free time

Once we eventually got our selves into gear we did the draw for a winner of the Cerise pink card and the name this week is you ...

Jean Bullock 

and so if you can email me 

christina@card-making-magic.com

your postal address please then I will get the card in the post to you straight away 

I hope you will like it and please let me know when it arrives with you.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie 031

Friday Freebie 031

Hi Everybody,

The card on offer in this weeks  Friday Freebie is created in Cerise pink and white.

For this one I have used the Californian Background and created a frame around it with  Cordoba from the Spanish Collection.

Both of these dies are available from   JGD Crafts

The sentiment is  Good Friends   from JustRite Stampers stamped onto Spellbinders   Labels Thirty Three   

It is a very pretty and very bright card with the addition of matching flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

The little gemstones are from Want2Scrap

If you would like to win it then all you need to do is  join the group of followers in the sidebar to your left  and then leave me a comment at the bottom of this post to let me know you have been to visit.

Then tomorrow morning I will pick a name from the hat and the winner will be announced in that days blog post.  I am happy to send you the card wherever you are in the world

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Orange Pumpkin

Hi Everybody,

This is another card for Halloween and this just features the pumpkin.

The image is from Just Inklined CD "The Next Big Thing" and I printed it off in draft and allowed the printer ink to dry thoroughly before coloring.

The bats in the picture are simply colored with True Black and then cut out and decoupaged onto the card.

The ribbon is tied around the spine with a knot.

The pumpkin has been colored with Spectrum Noir  Pens and the colors I used are ...

OR1 OR2 OR3 TN4 TN7 GB5 GB6 DG2 DG4

It took me some time to complete as there was  a lot of careful shading to get the shape in the pumpkin

But I was pleased with the effect once it was finished.

I cut it out and added it to my card with deep foam pads to raise it up.

So tomorrow is Friday Freebie Day and I have a lovely card to give away in the morning

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Haunted House ...

Hi Everybody,

Here is another card for the Spectrum Noir colorists out there and this is one that I did for the Spectrum Noir Design team last year.

I made a short video to go with it and I will add it here also

The colors used to get the look will be listed on the tutorial.

In this one I use the chisel end of the pens and hopefully you will give this a try as the chisel end covers a lot more area in one sweep of the nib.

The image is from the Just Inklined CD "The Next Big Thing" and the fence is drawn freehand.

The card is completed by matting and layering with a black base

It's just a fun technique for you to try and I hope you will enjoy the tutorial.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Halloween

Hi Everybody,

Are you ready for Halloween? Or do you hide behind the settee to avoid all the kids that come knocking on your door

This little image was colored with Spectrum Noir and the colors used are ...

Skin   FS2 FS3 FS6
Robes  TB2 TB3 IG2
Hats  IG2 IG3 IG4
Pumpkins  OR1 OR3 CR7

The backing papers  and tags are digital papers that I printed off my PC and the images of the children are from the Just Inklined CD "The Next Big Thing "

The ribbon is from my "Stash" and there's no  flowers or "Bling"  in site .... Must remedy that later !!

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx